Leviticus 27:20
in Leviticus 27If, however, he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold it to another man, it may no longer be redeemed.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more:
KJV
And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
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This verse in Leviticus 27
Commentary
6 notes on this verseIf he will not redeem it - When the priest shall set a price upon it, and offer it to him in the first place to redeem it: or, rather and, for this seems to be added by way of accumulation, if he, that is, the priest, of whom he might have redeemed it, upon his refusal, offers it to sale, and have sold the field to another man - He shall forever lose the benefit of redemption.
This site's exposition
if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD
on Leviticus 27:14-21
Verses 20 and 21 give the one way inherited land leaves a family for good, to the priests. Leviticus 25:13 returns every man to his property in the Jubilee, and here that year takes a field away.
This site's exposition
it may no longer be redeemed
The verse leaves open who sold the field, and John Wesley reads the seller as the priest. On his reading the owner declines to redeem, the priest sells the field to another, and the owner loses the right of redemption for good. Verse 21 says where the field goes next.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And if he will not redeem the field,....
Note, What is given to the Lord ought not to be given with a power of revocation; what is devoted to the Lord must be his for ever, by a perpetual covenant. If the land was his own purchase, and came not to him from his ancestors, then not the land itself, but the value of it was to be given to the priests for pious uses,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some aprt of a field of his possession, &c.--In the case of acquired property in land, if not redeemed, it returned to the donor at the Jubilee; whereas the part of a hereditary estate, which had been vowed, did not revert to the owner, but remained attached in perpetuity to the sanctuary.
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The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִגְאַל֙ | yigal | he will redeem | H1350 → | 104 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה | hasadeh | the field | H7704 → | 334 times |
| וְאִם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| מָכַ֥ר | makhar | he has sold | H4376 → | 80 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה | hasadeh | the field | H7704 → | 334 times |
| לְאִ֣ישׁ | leish | to a man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אַחֵ֑ר | ʾacher | another | H312 → | 166 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִגָּאֵ֖ל | yigael | it will be redeemed | H1350 → | 104 times |
| עֽוֹד׃ | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
וְאִם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יִגְאַל֙he will redeem
yigalH1350 →104 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַשָּׂדֶ֔הthe field
hasadehH7704 →334 times
וְאִם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
מָכַ֥רhe has sold
makharH4376 →80 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַשָּׂדֶ֖הthe field
hasadehH7704 →334 times
לְאִ֣ישׁto a man
leishH376 →1663 times
אַחֵ֑רanother
ʾacherH312 →166 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יִגָּאֵ֖לit will be redeemed
yigaelH1350 →104 times
עֽוֹד׃again
odH5750 →490 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.